FIR booked against Flipkart; Cheating laptop supplier of Rs 9.96 crore

A businessman has lodged a complaint against the e-commerce gaint Flipkart's founder and few other company officials for allegedly cheating and the amount mentioned was Rs 9.96 crore.

The case pertains to non-payment of dues by Flipkart to C-Store Company for laptops it supplied, officials at the Indiranagar police station here said.

They said an FIR has been registered against Flipkart's Sachin Bansal, Binny Bansal and a couple of company officials, based on the complaint by C-Store Company’s Naveen Kumar.



According to the complaint, C-Store had entered into a contract with Flipkart for supply of laptops along with other electronic goods for its sale, and had supplied about 14,000 laptops, police said.

Flipkart, which returned about 1,480 units,did not pay for the remaining, the complainant said, adding that the other charges, including shipping had also not been paid.